The Federal Agency for Tourism of Russia (Rostourism) plans to relax visa rules after the country reopens its borders, as an effort to help the country recover from the damages caused by the Coronavirus outbreak. As the pandemic caused global devastation Russia followed the example of a large share of countries by temporarily suspending international flights, in a bid to stop the further spread of the Coronavirus. Also, Russia closed all border crossings and suspended issuing visas [...]

The Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau has received a large number of requests from internationals stranded in the country asking to extend their visas amid coronavirus pandemic. Due to coronavirus, a large share of countries worldwide have cancelled flights and banned entry for foreigners in an effort to tackle the spread of the infection, VisaGuide.World reports. The Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau has had an increasing number of requests, mostly due to the fact that the new fiscal year [...]

Having Irish citizenship comes with a lot of advantages. For one, since Ireland is part of the EU, you would have access to the EU right of free movement and be able to travel, live, and work in any member state of the EU. Some are lucky enough to be able to obtain Irish citizenship through birth or descent. However, for someone who has no family ties to Ireland, the process of becoming an Irish citizen is [...]

The Indian passport is for sure not one of the bests in the world to have. For most of the world countries, Indian passport holders will need to apply for a visa prior to taking a trip. The visa application process can often be difficult, what makes it money, time and energy consuming. Thus, many Indian travelers often give up, and decide to spend their vacations at home. However, many beautiful countries in the world offer visa-free [...]

No one wants to admit getting old! Not even when the retirement time approaches and our back pains get more frequent. But that time comes, and when it does, we all tell ourselves “Retirement doesn’t look bad at all!” After years of working, everyone deserves a good rest. For this particular reason, in recent decades, people are looking forward to retiring not in the country where they have spent most of their life, but elsewhere. In exotic [...]

Despite an overall continuously increasing number of EU Blue Card applications since the program was introduced six years ago, Germany is still the top favorite country for highly skilled migrants. A report published recently by Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) shows that Germany has issued 85% of the total number of Blue Cards granted by the EU countries since 2012, which is 104,000 Blue Cards. “In a comparison of all EU countries, Germany is [...]

Belarus authorities estimate that the number of foreigners visiting the country has increased by 43% in the last year. Such an increase has surely been driven by the new Belarus visa-free regime introduced last year by the country. At the end of December 2017, the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenka signed a decree, which established visa free-regime for nationals of several countries. The decree permitted those traveling to the country for tourism purposes to enter and stay for [...]

In the aftermath of the terrorist attack that left 50 people dead in Christchurch, New Zealand has reconfirmed that it will introduce the long-planned measures to tighten pre-entry screening. As previously announced, travelers from 60 countries under the New Zealand visa-free entry program, will need to apply for an eTA before traveling to the country as of summer this year. The eTA stands for the Electronic Travel Authority security and facilitation measure. Its main purpose is to [...]

Five people have been arrested in the US last week, under suspicions of having links with an English Proficiency Exam cheating scheme that enabled Chinese nationals to get US student visas. According to a press release of the Department of Justice at the US Attorney’s Office of the Central District of California, the defendants are suspected of being involved in a scheme that aided Chinese students to pass their exams for a US F-1 Student Visa. The [...]

The United States of America is a very popular working destination, in particular among youngsters. A high number of workers from all across the globe travel to the US under a work visa. The number of foreign workers employed on a full-time basis in the US as of December 2017 is 125.44 million. Thus, foreign workers make 17.1 percent of the 27.4 million workers in the US, as of the same date. The H-1B visa also referred [...]